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Waste & Recycling · Recorded milestone

Digital product passports

Recorded year2024

Batteries, then clothes and electronics, carry digital records of materials for recycling.

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Built on

MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
Curbside recyclingRecorded · 1981enables
Lithium-ion batteryRecorded · 1991requires
World Wide WebRecorded · 1991requires
RFID supply-chain tagsRecorded · 2003enables

Led to

Every product traceableForecast · ~2036enables
Refill-first beauty packagingForecast · ~2038influences
Products built for robot disassemblyForecast · ~2048enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.